Caponizing-rack



M. E LINDEIVIUTH.

CAPONIZING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1920.

Patented June 14, 1921.

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Leeann To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MARTIN E. LINDEM'UTH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful Improvements in Caponizing-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a .simple and inexpensive and at the same time effective means for properly positioning and holding a fowl during the caponizing process, without subjecting the fowl to unnecessary inconvenience or injury and under such conditions as to avoid interference with the progress .of the operation, and at the same time to provide a device for the purpose indicated which may be folded into compact form for storage and transportation; and with these objects in view the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawingrwhereinz igure 1 is a side view of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figs. 3 and 4 are opposite end views respectively thereof.

Base 10 of the rack consists of a bar mounted upon a turn table 11 which is swiveled, as by means of a bolt 12 to a suitable stand or support indicated at 13 and which may consist of any suitable upright such as a tripod or the equivalent thereof, the base bar being capable of lateral tilted movement in either direction by reason of the double hinge connection consisting of the hinge pins 14 and 15 provided with coiled sprin s 16 to permit of retaining the base bar eit er in an intermediate or normal or neutral position or turning the same laterally to either side, for the purpose of positioning the fowl with reference to the convenience of the operation. In the construction illustrated the double hinge joint includes a hinge plate 17 connected by the hinge pins 14 and 15, which are mounted in the hinge eyes 18, respectively with the base bar 10 and turn table 11 as will be seen clearly by reference to Fig. 4. Hingedly mounted as at 19 upon the base bar is a head rest 20 adapted to occupy an inclined position as indicated in Fig. 1 and to be secured in such position by means of a retaining hook 21, said head rest being provided with tapered slots 22 forming a "ip iaaeoa filed September 1411920. sriai No.

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double fork for engagement with the wings of the fowl, and mounted fhr adjustment longitudinally of the base bar is a foot rest 23, occupying a substantially upright or verbar to accommodate the length of the fowl,

and said foot rest being provided with tapered slots 26 for engagement with the legs of the fowl, which may further be secured to provide against movement or displacement during the operation, by a retaining cord or strap 27 attached as at 28 to the rest and engageable at its free end by a clip 29. Obviously the retaining strap or cord may be passed over the legs of the fowl after the latter have been positioned in the slots 26, to hold the same in proper positions.

The head rest being hinged to the base bar may be folded inwardly after disengaging the hook 21, and the foot rest may be disengaged from the base bar and arranged in a flat relation to or in parallelism with the head rest and base bar, for convenience in storing the apparatus when not in use.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A caponizing rack having a base bar, an inclined head rest, and an upright foot rest mounted upon said base bar, both of said rests being provided with terminally open slots for the reception respectively of the wings and feet of a fowl.

2. A caponizing rack having a base bar, a head rest hingedly mounted upon the bar, and a foot rest slidingly mounted upon the bar for adjustment toward and from the head rest, said head rest and foot rest being provided with terminally open pairs of tapered slots for the reception respectively of the wings and feet of a fowl.

3. A caponizing rack having a base bar on opposite sides with longitudinal grooves, a hea rest hingedly mounted upon the base bar, a retaining hook for securing the head rest in an inclined position with relation to the plane of the base bar, and a foot rest provided with lugs for engagement with said grooves to permit of adjustment of the foot rest longitudinally of the base bar, said head rest and foot rest being provided with terminally open pairs of tapered slots for the reception respectively of the wings and feet of a fowl.

4;. A caponizing rack having a base bar slots thereof, the same consisting of a cord provided with spaced head and foot rests attachedto the foot rest for spanning relaprovided respectively with pairs of termition with the slots therein and a clip for 10 nally open tapered slots for the reception engaging the free end of said cord.

5 respectively of the wings and feet of a fowl, In testimony whereof he aflixes his signaandv a flexible retainer secured-t0 the foot ture. I H rest for securing the feet of a fowl the v MARTIN E. LINDEMUTH. 

